I’m still amazed that it seems to have been a relationship based on mutual affection.

I hope they played Avril Lavigne’s “Complicated” at the wake.

You’ll likely need references. I’ve never heard of any secret permanent record, as if you’re a child in school (which is something else that doesn’t exist...)

As a European, the fragility of “normal” life in the US always shocked me (I’ve lived in the US for numerous year-long stretches, and found the level of homelessness overwhelming).

So, is this all Joaquin Phoenix pretend fuckwittery, or actual fuckwittery?

Oh I’ve nothing against it (stuff happens, obviously, and entirely naturally outside of the situation in this article) : it just freaks me out, thinking more about my own maturity at 16 than anything.

It’s like those parent-child relationships (that’s not necessarily because of the small age gap, just genetics) where a 18 year old (who reads as mid-20s) and a 40-something mother (who reads as mid-20s) hang out together in bars, and could be hit on by the same men.

A great-looking 35, but I think it’s a fair age guesstimate. I have 40 year old friends who could be a decade younger than him. He could easily play “handsome 40s” if he had to.

While I love the film (a solid B that’s an A thanks to the final 15 minutes), I still think the casting is incredibly weird.

I know it’s not wildly unusual, and was once standard, but just the idea of a 33 year old with an near-adult child freaks me out, never mind the rest of this horror show.

There’s a tendency when something sinister or bigoted or icky is revealed for a certain segment of people to go “¯\_(ツ)_/¯, whacky old God, eh”.

I think we’re at the stage of the origin story where the whole of Gotham loves the Penguin.

What if it’s Avril Lavigne’s clone running Lea Michelle’s social media?

I think Blue Jasmine is great, but that’s mainly because of Blanchett’s performance.

Has anyone said “Yes, obviously I knew all about it, but it was an amazing role in what would likely be an excellent film, so I did it anyway”?

It sums up everything that one of the results of men sexually harassing/abusing women... were many women thrown into a nightmare having to clear it up.

I’ve never seen a better illustration of a middle-aged white man’s midlife crisis.

Exactly. I mean, anyone who isn’t American, Jewish, a tiny handful of other nationalities/religions, or had a medical issue is likely uncut. It’s not exactly a fetish when it covers the bulk of men on Earth.

Even if you take the “these sort of spaces should be furnished with very long term, antique pieces, because they become part of the historical record” view of public offices, you could get something under $10,000 that’s 200 years old.

This isn’t exactly what it seems though, is it?